Chapter VIII - RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ASSISTANCE IN CERTAIN MATTERS AND PROCEDURE FOR ATTACHMENT AND FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY (From Section 111 to Section 124)
Access to prosecution documents: mandatory, time bound furnishing of police reports and witness material to accused and represented victim. Section 230 requires the Magistrate, within fourteen days of the accused's production or appearance, to furnish free copies to the accused and the victim (if represented by an advocate) of the police report, the FIR under section 173, prosecution witness statements recorded under section 180(3) (subject to valid police exclusion requests), confessions and statements under section 183, and any other document or extract forwarded under section 193(6); the Magistrate may order disclosure of excluded parts after review, and may permit electronic supply or in court inspection for voluminous records, with electronic furnishing deemed adequate.
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Access to prosecution documents: mandatory, time bound furnishing of police reports and witness material to accused and represented victim.
Section 230 requires the Magistrate, within fourteen days of the accused's production or appearance, to furnish free copies to the accused and the victim (if represented by an advocate) of the police report, the FIR under section 173, prosecution witness statements recorded under section 180(3) (subject to valid police exclusion requests), confessions and statements under section 183, and any other document or extract forwarded under section 193(6); the Magistrate may order disclosure of excluded parts after review, and may permit electronic supply or in court inspection for voluminous records, with electronic furnishing deemed adequate.
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